November 16, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Global Entpreneurship Week activities in Kansas City wrap up this weekend with Startup Weekend Kansas City, which runs tonight through Sunday at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (4801 Rockhill Road). For those who can't make it to the Kauffman Foundation tonight, event organizers are providing a live stream of the evening's events, beginning at 7 p.m. … read more
November 14, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines As someone born, raised and still residing among the farms of rural Cascade, Iowa but running a tech startup based in San Francisco, Jeremie Miller splits his time between very different worlds. "It sort of it feels like I'm living two lives sometimes,” Miller said during his talk on Oct. 11 at Thinc Iowa. As Miller tells it, his passion for technology and affinity … read more
November 12, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines "If there's one thing that's been consistent in everything that I do," Antonio Neves told the Thinc Iowa audience Oct. 11, "it's that I am a professional question asker and I am a professional opportunity identifier." For the next 25 minutes, Neves, who emceed the event, employed both those qualities in a motivational talk to open the final day of Thinc Iowa 2012. He asked the audience: "Would you bet on you accomplishing what you … read more
November 12, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation begins its celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week today with the second rendition of Startup@Kauffman Demo Day at its Kansas City, Mo. headquarters. For those who can't attend the event, a live stream (above) will be available throughout the day. The broadcast began around 8:15 a.m. and will run until 2:50 p.m. It started with opening remarks … read more
November 9, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City The inaugural Compute Midwest conference is underway at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo., with a day full of talks on tap. Silicon Prairie News is on hand and will have full coverage of today's event, which is the first of its kind put on by Kansas City IT Professionals, the grassroots tech group for IT professionals in Kansas City. … read more
November 9, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Lawrence The University of Kansas School of Business, in partnership with the university's engineering and … read more
November 8, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines When Brad Dwyer created Hatchlings in 2008, he was a college sophomore who viewed the game as little more than an entertaining way to pass a weekend in the dorms. "At the time," Dwyer said, "I just thought it was going to be another fun project that I did." Far from it. Hatchlings, a game in which users hunt for virtual Easter eggs, was profitable … read more
November 7, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines "Being an entrepreneur can be magical," Ron J. Williams says, "but it ain't magic." Williams, the co-founder and CEO of Knodes, opened with that message and proceeded to draw the distinction between magical and magic during his talk Oct. 10 at Thinc Iowa 2012. Williams said people tend to romanticize the entrepreneurial narrative of someone scribbling … read more
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